Bill Gates gives $19.9-M grant to IRRI

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, an organization run by husband-and-wife Bill and Melinda Gates, donated $19.9M to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), said a report by the Associated Press (AP).

"Gates announced the donation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of a package of agricultural development grants during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland."